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From: Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: delay argument interpretation
To: lew@ezdzit.zko.dec.com (Paul Lew)
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function ask {
  local yon
  echo -n - >&2 "$1? [y/n]: "
  read yon
  [[ "$yon" == [yY]* ]] && eval "$1"
}

for i in *.c; do
  ask 'diff =(rmcmt old/$i) =(rmcmt $i) # $i = '$i
done

There are other obvious variations.

-zefram